Kularanਕੁਲਰਨ

Where is Kularan?

Kularan is a village of Abohar tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Abohar, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Abohar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035219, and it covers 1,960 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,368 people in Kularan: 2,287 men and 2,081 women, living in 780 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 1,960 hectares, the population density works out to about 223 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 910 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 600, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,192 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.66 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.68 per cent and women at 48.33 per cent. The census recorded 1,879 workers, about 43 per cent of the village. Of the 1,662 main workers, the largest group, 883, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 454 cultivators on their own land and 293 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 217 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kularan's land. Of the village's 1,960 hectares, 1,841 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,841 hectares). About 119 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 490 cultivators and 1,058 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kularan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Abohar, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Abohar, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dodewala, Rampura, Bhagu and Narainpura.

What is the population of Kularan?

The population of Kularan was 4,368 at the 2011 census, living in 780 households in Abohar tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Kularan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kularan has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.